Facing a sweep at the hands of the 1960 Pittsburgh Pirates, the 1968 St. Louis Cardinals showed up. Steve Carlton took a 6-hit shutout into the 9th, and Mike Shannon drove in 4 runs as the Cardinals won it 6-2. Shannon singled in Curt Flood in the 1st off Harvey Haddix. Shannon singled in two more runs in the 5th to give St. Louis a 4-0 lead. It was Shannon again who drove in another run in the 8th with a leadoff home run. Carlton had allowed just 6 hits and a walk heading into the 9th. Roberto Clemente tripled in between a couple of singles, finally scoring two runs off the Cardinals’ hurler, but Carlton struck out the next 3 hitters, all looking, to finish with 12 strikeouts on the game. The win gives St. Louis another chance tomorrow.